Data for: "Epidemiology of Microbial Keratitis in Uganda: A 7-year update"

Arunga, S

(2025). Data for: "Epidemiology of Microbial Keratitis in Uganda: A 7-year update". [Dataset]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. 10.17037/DATA.00004852.

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This dataset contains information collected from 369 patients enrolled in the Epidemiology study who exhibited signs of microbial keratitis when receiving treatment at three eye units in Uganda between November 2023 and June 2025. It includes variables detailing participant demographics, clinical history, clinical presentation, and laboratory diagnoses based on corneal sample analysis.

Additional Information

The dataset is managed by the study team at the Mbarara University of Science and Technology and is not stored in the LSHTM repository. To request access, researchers should complete the application form, outlining their proposed research. The application will be reviewed by Mbarara’s data access committee. If approved, applicants will be required to sign a data transfer agreement prior to being provided with data.

Keywords

Microbial keratitis; bacterial keratitis; Fungal keratitis; Keratitis; Blindness; Uganda

Item Type	Dataset
Resource Type	Resource Type Resource Description Dataset Quantitative
Description of data capture	Data was collected using a questionnaire administered by ophthalmologists, ophthalmic clinical officers and laboratory technicians. Data was entered into a Microsoft Excel Database and imported into STATA 16 for analysis.
Capture method	Questionnaire
Collection Period	From To 4 November 2023 2 June 2025
Date	22 October 2025
Language(s) of written materials	English
Creator(s)	Arunga, S
Associated roles	Ebong, A (Project Member)
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases > Dept of Clinical Research
Participating Institutions	Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda; Uganda National Council for Science and Technology, Kampala, Uganda; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Funders	Project Funder Grant Number Funder URI Piloting testing of point of care diagnostics to improve diagnosis of microbial keratitis in Uganda Velux Stiftung 1703 https://doi.org/10.13039/100007214
Date Deposited	22 Oct 2025 09:58
Last Modified	22 Oct 2025 11:01
Publisher	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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microbial_keratitis_data.txt

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microbial_keratitis_data_codebook.html

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Study Instrument

Case_Report_Form.pdf

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